Recent content by jonbob

Even with a pad you can make reasonably good headshots. They have the benefit of being able to move in one axis only with ease. Try moving your mouse in an exact straight line... There's something very satisfying about a headshot with the beam rifle.

The BBC is by definition a corporation, and I expect better from them than this.

It's a shame; none of the potential candidates are what I'd call prime minister stuff. That woman (whose name I forget) might be the exception but unless the Lib Dems pull someone very charismatic out of their collective sleeve I'd say the party has practically no chance whatsoever of winning...

Of course if both the client and router use UPnP then blocking the port won't really help. You should either cap his downloads serrupticiously on his client or get your mummy to tell him off.

and my, what a fantastic job you did too.

As much as I respect The Independant, I fail to see the use in having two columns on a web page.

I can honestly say I wouldn't buy any of them. Maybe Final Fantasy, but that series seems to have turned Massively Online instead of the story-driven single player it ought to be.

Still the same day as Halo 3? Goody.

Give them the razor, then fleece them on the blades.

Put simply, MS owns (or part-owns) the IP for the chip so they don't have license fees to worry about. Secondly, they are buying a lot of them at just over cost, practically a four finger discount.

Hmm, I was under the impression that few games today fill a single layer DVD...

You're sure it's not 17.2 Volts? If it isn't, then the power usage would be around 2kW which is quite clearly insane if you're saying that the XBox draws 17.2A @ 120V (Mind you, I never did get the hang of AC calculations). Now we know the XBox uses 254 watts total and if it draws 17 amps...

Well, for starters the CPUs will use ~5v, not mv. From what I heard the thermal dissipation is on the order of 130 Watts or so. Also, bluetooth and wi-fi share the 2.4GHz band but they are not the same standard; Wi-Fi antennae put out at most 100mw. Where did you get 17 Amps from? I'd...

Apparently the power brick is to blame, under load it just overheats and can't provide a decent enough voltage on one or more of the lines, not surprising considering the amount of power Xenon soaks up. MS won't be the first one to have trouble with third party electrical OEMs (anyone remember...

The DeLisle carbine from NOLF. A gun made for wet work and so good that they destroyed most of them after the war just in case they fell into the wrong hands.